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Admission: 250 CZK
Language: Czech
The event takes place as part of the FALL festival.
DOX Centre for Contemporary Art
Poupětova 1, Prague 7
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Slam poetry. A genre on the border between poetry, theatre, and figure skating. A genre of performative poetry. Sometimes also an elocutionary contest or rhyming stand-up. Any label you try to give it will be wrong. To know what it is, you have to experience it!
Performances by:
Anatol Svahilec – Slam Poetry Champion of the Czech Republic
Dr. Filipitch – Slam Poetry Champion of the Czech Republic
Lef L’Leviatan – Finalist in the Slam Poetry Championship of the Czech Republic
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